I was a reader of romances long before I started writing them. I remember plowing through the stacks of Harlequin and Silhouette books Mom would bring home from the library, secured with a rubber band. (Apparently, the library thought bundles were more appealing.) My couch potato self spent many a Read more…
Remember the trouble I was having getting Kenny and Kristi to do the deed? Well, I finally managed to get them into bed ā yes, I was writing @ Starbucks at the time ā and now I can’t seem to write them OUT. A NaNoWriMo write-in begins in less than Read more…
Isn’t that a song title? More importantly, it’s where my NaNo novel is as of tonight. Yes, I crossed the 25,000-word mark … important because 25,000 is half of 50,000. See, Ma? Even though I’m a writer, I can do math! š That’s important because it means I’m halfway finished. Read more…
Sometimes, the timing’s just not right. After trying again ā unsuccessfully ā to get Kenny and Kristi to cooperate with my plan, I decided they just weren’t ready yet. I moved past it, getting them off the couch. Now the story’s flowing right along. I already have 1,000+ words for Read more…
I’ve come to that point in my story: You know, the one where my characters stop doing what they’re told. That’s right. Although IĀ want them to, my hero and heroine stubbornly refuse to do the deed. I had them right where I wanted them ā alone on the couch Read more…
So far, work on the NaNo novel is going swimmingly. Not only did I cross the 10,000-word mark today (11,087), my hero and heroine had their first heavy makeout scene (followed closely by their first fight). The handy NaNo stats page assures me I’m making great progress, averaging 2,772 words Read more…
A couple of weeks ago, the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood blog (one of my faves) was host to a sometimes heated discussion on safe sex in romance novels. The author of the post, Kelly Fitzpatrick (who you might recognize from yesterday’s post), started the discussion by asking a few questions: “I Read more…
I was all set to complain about how doing rewrites is much slower work ā until I realized I wrote 900+ words today. That’s right. All I had to do was launch into a new sex scene ā one of those “more almost-sex, less food” scenes Kelly suggested ā and Read more…
I sure am more productive when I can’t leave the house on my day off! That’s not entirely true: I did make it to Starbucks for a couple of hours this afternoon. I got some writing done there ā but I also did quite a bit at the house. The Read more…